Pie Charts


Learning Objective:

  • we are learning to construct pie charts for categorical data

Investing:

  • This is useful because...each sector (and consequently its central angle and area), is proportional to the quantity it represents
  • A functional (real-life) application is... The pie chart is perhaps the most widely used statistical chart in the business world and the mass media
Preparing:
  • Are we ready? Can you already... ?
  • Let's be sure you can...
  • Before you start you need to know:
  • You will have a deeper understanding if you also know:

Practicing:

  • Some straightforward examples.
  • Some harder examples.
  • Some mixed examples.
  • Some non-examples to spot and some mixed questions with redundant, insufficient or contradictory data.
  • You can demonstrate fluency by at least...

Sharing:

Assessing:

  • Check you've mastered this skill by...
  • Show you understand by explaining...
  • Prove you're an expert in... by...

Developing:

  • Next we could learn...
  • This leads to...
  • Now try...

last edited: Mar 30, 2012 7:53 am